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bald-faced lie: a standalone construct

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Applied ethics

lie told when both parties know it is false, used to argue that lying does not require an intent to deceive.

In applied ethics, bald-faced lie refers to lie told when both parties know it is false, used to argue that lying does not require an intent to deceive. This meaning comes from Sorensen (2007) in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.[1]

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References

Sorensen, R. (2007). Bald‐faced Lies! Lying Without the Intent to Deceive. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 88(2), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00290.x

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